Recipient

Carl E. Wieman
JILA/University of Colorado

Citation:

"For pioneering work on the production and study of Bose-Einstein condensation in a dilute atomic vapor, which has become a major testing ground for macroscopic quantum phenomena, and quantum statistical mechanics."

Dr Wieman has carried out research in laster spectroscopy, with an emphasis on laser cooling and trapping of atoms and the measurement of parity nonconservation (PNC). Recently his group made the most precise measurement of atomic PNC; in the process, they made the first measurement of an anapole moment. He also is studying the properties of Bose-Einstein condensates in a varietyof systems. He is involved in developing new ways to teach physics to non-scientists.